Zeenews Bureau
New Delhi, Dec 13: Shweta Mahajan, wife of Rahul Mahajan, son of late politician Pramod Mahajan, filed for a divorce at the Gurgaon Sessions Court on Thursday. She has cited his violent behaviour as being the chief reason for her decision.
Rahul Mahajan has been accused by wife Shweta of persistent physical and verbal abuse. She had earlier given statements to a tabloid in which she had charged him with manhandling her.
Earlier a Mumbai tabloid had also carried photographs of Shweta with what looked like a bruise on her arm. The continuous domestic violence is believed to have started almost immediately after Shweta’s marriage to Rahul on August 29, 2006.
There were also reports that Shweta had left Mumbai to join her parents in Dehradun months after the marriage and was keen on divorce even then. However, owing to the high profile of the marriage, the two families had met and apparently thrashed out reconciliation. The girl’s family had been apparently promised an apology and better behaviour from Rahul.
Clearly, the rapprochement has not lasted long. Soon after Shweta started trying to convince Rahul to agree to a quiet separation. However, Rahul was unwilling as that might have adversely affected his political ambitions. But she decided to take this major step as things seemed to be getting out of hand.
Rahul and Shweta had completed their flying course together abroad. The two families apparently have known each other since a long time.
With the latest development Rahul has courted controversy yet again. Earlier he was hospitalized after an alleged cocaine overdose. After recovery he was arrested by the Delhi Police on charges of drug possession and consumption and has an ongoing case against him regarding the same.
